Tenants' reunion: MSA was right to restore AATU funding
Come winter, some University students may find themselves sitting in their apartments, watching icicles fall from the roof, as they wait for their landlords to fix the heat. The Ann Arbor Tenants' Union can help prevent these and other troublesome housing situations. Since its inception 29 years ago, the AATU has helped countless numbers of students and local community members. On Tuesday, the Michigan Student Assembly voted in favor of dispersing the $20,000 allocated for tenant services in its annual budget to the AATU.
The tie that binds: 'Covenant' marriages restrict divorce options
In an effort to curb the nation's 50-percent divorce rate and to enforce marriage as a lifelong relationship, state Rep. Harold Vorhees (R-Wyoming) proposed a bill that would make it harder for married couples who submit to a voluntary marriage "covenant" to get a divorce. One of Vorhees' incentives for the proposal are staggering divorce statistics - in Kent County in 1995, there were 4,810 marriages and 2,233 divorces.
From now on, if you want to go to a party, bring an invitation
I never thought I'd feel this way, but about a year ago, I began to realize that my mindset was really changing. Sure, at first I denied it was true - but as '96 faded into '97, the feeling only became stronger. What was I to do? It must be true - I had to face it.
10-10-97
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